Reap What You Sow

Authors

Gordon J. Beggs, Cleveland State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1996

Publication Title

A.B.A. Journal

Keywords

ethics, legal profession, Proverbs

Abstract

Unfortunately, with the adoption and revision of formal ethics codes, moral teaching has virtually disappeared from American legal ethics. Law professors, generally, do not consider it their responsibility to teach morality, and our profession today lacks a common moral standard. The Judeo-Christian principles expressed in Proverbs, however, provide a timely challenge to lawyers by advocating values that include justice, purity, mercy, honesty and civility.

Repository Citation

Gordon J. Beggs, Reap What You Sow, 82 A.B.A. Journal 116 (March 1996)

Volume

82